More than 30% of organizations expect that within three years, they’ll access 45.5% of IT resources through some form of cloud—public, private, or hybrid. That’s an impressive number, and there’s a reason for it: the cloud is packed with benefits. And if you’re a VMware customer, you’re already halfway there. vCloud Air is built on […]
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Businesses are embracing public cloud because it promises increased agility and scalability. But it can also introduce complexity, interoperability, and security concerns. Hybrid cloud is emerging as a way to mitigate those concerns by providing the right combination of internal controls with the ability to securely scale to meet business demand for IT resources. As […]
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As the cloud computing market matures, enterprises are exploring different cloud models in search of the right balance of functionality, flexibility and investment protection. Many organizations are discovering, however, that off-premises cloud vs. on-premises data center is no longer an either/or proposition. A new Market Pulse survey by IDG Research Services indicates growing interest in […]
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Faced with new digital business initiatives, IT organizations are looking for low-cost, low-risk opportunities to increase agility. In a recent IDG survey, 64% of organizations said that cost efficiencies gained from consolidating IT systems and infrastructure are a key driver for cloud deployments, while 57% cited speed of deployment and improved agility as most important. […]
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What is the main focus for IT in your organization – cost or agility? Many IT discussions today focus on cost controls rather than the greater potential benefit – business agility. IT leaders are more likely to ask “How much capital and operational expense can I cut with cloud?” than “How will cloud improve revenue […]
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Organizations struggle to meet the demand for scalable and resilient infrastructure to develop and test applications. Developers feel the pain of waiting for infrastructure and of not having an exact replica of the production environment. IT is challenged with providing capacity on demand and with recreating complex multi-tier application environments for development and testing (dev/test). […]
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Public cloud computing – after years of fits and starts and no shortage of loud debate – is quietly becoming mainstream IT practice. Investment and deployment trends suggest a bright future. In fact, according to a recent IDG Research Services survey of 400 IT executives and managers across the world, on average, 16 percent of […]
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If you are currently running VMware to support your on-premises infrastructure, the opportunity to improve developer productivity, reduce the cost of managing enterprise applications or create new cloud native and mobile applications has never been easier with VMware vCloud® Air™. Read this presentation to learn more about 5 common use cases.
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Few organizations can afford the downtime caused by a disaster. Those capable of weathering such events usually have the datacenters, internal expertise and budget to do so — options that aren’t available for most mid-market organizations. However the tides are changing, as many organizations look away from traditional disaster recovery solutions and to the cloud. […]
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Hybrid cloud computing can maximize the value and balance the use of internal assets and external services (e.g., deploying services internally that could also be deployed to public cloud services when the internal capacity is available) while enabling better scalability. Businesses are looking for a more flexible IT framework that can adapt to today’s rapidly […]
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